Questions tagged [comparison]
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Historical Prices of Gasoline vs. Crude Oil in the United States [closed]
If this question would be better placed on another site, please suggest.
I would like to know where I might obtain information on a monthly (even yearly) basis which compares the average price of ...
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Is considering worth of car repair by comparing repair cost against value of car a sunk cost fallacy?
Got my van checked out today from a check engine light. Long story short, part of the transmission has gone bad, and given the lower quality of this particular transmission, rather than diagnose the ...
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Stock Price Differences Between TD Ameritrade, WeBull, Public
Why is TD Ameritrade stock price always the lowest compared to WeBull or even Public at the exact same time? Example, AMC stock was $55.34 on WeBull vs $55.17 on TD Ameritrade. I have noticed ...
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What are the differences between IPO and Direct Listing, esp for employees?
If a pre-IPO company is evaluating whether they should go IPO or Direct Listing, how would either option affect employees? Let's say the employees have some combination of NSO, ISO, RSU.
IPO may be a ...
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What are some rule of thumb criteria to choose loans?
When one wants to take on a loan, they can do so from multiple banks. There are also comparison websites that allow you to see various loan offers from each bank. Most of them use the annual ...
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Comparing APY to Money (or time) Weighted Return
I have a savings account with Ally and an investment account with Wealthfront. I'd like to know how the investment is doing, compared to just leaving the money in my savings account. Ally gives me an ...
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Short term living (3 to 4 years).Am I better off renting, taking a 15yr mortgage or a 30yr mortgage?
I just moved to a new city and I'm currently renting and apartment for $575 a month. I got a full time job so now I can afford more so I was thinking of buying a property. I expect to live in the area ...
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Comparing retirement plans (specifically a 403b and a TSP)
My wife and I both work and have access to a TSP and a 403b retirement plan. We cannot currently afford to contribute the maximum $18,500 per year to both plans, but plan on making contributing enough ...
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What considerations to take when comparing rates for hourly contracting vs. annual salaried employment
This is NOT a duplicate of: Calculate hourly wage from annual salary offer? - that's about whether the employment salary is calculated hourly/daily/annually/whatever.
Currently I do a task for a ...
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How to read a balance sheet to determine if a company has enough money to keep paying their employees?
I heard today while listening to an accounting podcast that a balance sheet (or maybe it was a cash-flow document) can be used to determine if a company has enough money to pay its employees. Since ...
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What are the possible metrics for evaluating annual performance of a portfolio?
I have been buying stocks and mutual funds in non-US market for about 5 years or so. I have been using the portfolio tracker from Investment Moat for a while, which the tool lets me know whether I am ...
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How should I choose an additional retirement investment plan?
A friend of mine now works as a personal finance advisory with “tecis” and has suggested me to plan for my retirement. I am 25, so I have quite a long time still to invest money for retirement. The ...
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Is there a measure that uses both cost of living plus income?
I don't know much about economy and financial measures, but was looking at a website that compares cost of living in different countries, as I am considering relocating elsewhere, but then I realized ...
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Does Edmunds get a kick-back from the use of Edmunds Price Promise?
A family member is in the market for a "new" car (Not necessarily brand new) and is interested in using the Edmunds Price Promise service to save time finding contacts (and then contact them manually) ...
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How can I compare my portfolio to others' portfolios? [closed]
There are a number of free online portfolio trackers that offer various features such as analyzing one's portfolio in terms of risk, making suggestions for individual assets, and so forth. It is ...
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